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Facebook: The Movie Due Out in October!

A lot of people said, "You're kidding," when Hollywood Reporter noted that a movie was being developed about Facebook over a year ago. It's real, and Columbia Pictures will release it in theaters this October. There's a fascinating story here, about Mark Zuck, co-creator of Facebook, became the world's youngest billionaire; a once shy computer geek at Harvard seeking out women to date on campus and almost getting expelled for cracking the student database.  So he created a social networking…
June 21, 2010
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Tweeting Your Locale

Fast on the social location trend, Twitter now has its geolocation-powered Twitter Places feature ("more context for your Tweets")  from its main site and @ mobile.twitter.com. The widget allows users to share their location with members by geo-tagging their tweets. Twitter Places will also integrate with Foursquare and Gowalla to reveal lists of recent tweets from multiple locations. There’s an API functionality that enables developers to integrate Twitter Places into their applications. Where are you right now?
June 16, 2010
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The Sharing Trend

Like the “Like Button,” just about all online content now has “Share” widgets (we call it “Spread the Joy”).  Sharing is the current trend online today – news articles, blogs, photos, product reviews, movies, TV shows, rants, raves and rumors, you can share what you find interesting to Facebook, Twitter, Myspace, Reddit, et al. It’s also called social bookmarking. This is called the dissemination of information. What you share tells people (and even advertisers) what you like.  Sharing a YouTube…
June 15, 2010
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Your Life on 10/10/10!

Here’s something pretty darn nifty and creative… Global participatory media project Creative Visions Foundation founded by three USC alumni invites users from around the world to film their lives during a 24-hour period on 10/10/10, using any device they have handy. Filmmakers will be able to share their videos and perspectives on social issues on onedayonearth.org. Director/creator Kyle Ruddick and producers Brandon Litman and Michael Klima will create an archive of the submissions in October, searchable by topic, popularity and…
June 13, 2010